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Masque

Lot 95
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ID 1158351
Lot 95 | Masque
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
Masque

Île de Nissan, Îles Green, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Hauteur : 76.5 cm. (30 1⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Richard Heinrich Robert Parkinson (1844-1909), Kokopo

Collection Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, acquis en 1903 (inv. n° 32838)

Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, acquis en 1968

Maurice Bonnefoy (1920-1999), Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en 1969 (inv. n° 4503)



Literature

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., Indonésie et Mélanésie. Art tribal et cultures archaïques des mers du Sud, Genève, 1977, pp. 90 et 114

Waite, D., Art des Îles Salomon dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller/ Art of the Solomon Islands from the Collections of the Barbier-Müller Museum, Genève, 1983, pp. 24-25 et 117, n° 1, pl. 1

Kaufmann, C., Masques d’Océanie. Introduction à l’art de la Mélanésie, Genève, 1985, p. 14, n° 7

Hierro, J., Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. Regards sur les collections et sur les activités du musée Barbier-Mueller 1977-1987/Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Collections and Activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Genève, 1987, p. 56, n° 2

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 283, n° 23

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 346 et 347

Barbier Mueller, J.P., « Confidentiellement vôtre…/Confidentially Yours… », in Arts & Cultures, 2003, n° 4, p. 254

Boyer, A.-M., Butor, M. et Morin, F., L’homme et ses masques. Chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2005, pp. 250-251 et 355, n° 90

Alleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 334-335, 394 et 395

Baeke, V. et al., A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Genève, 2009, pp. 102-103 et 122, n° 30



Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Art des Îles Salomon, 27 janvier - 1er février 1983

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Masques d’Océanie. Introduction à l’art de la Mélanésie, 1er avril 1985

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Kunst der Salomon-Inseln, 4 avril - 29 décembre 1991

Genève, MEG - Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève, 40 ans du musée Barbier-Mueller - Hors les murs, 23 mars - 31 décembre 2017



Further details

Mask, Nissan Island, Green Islands, Papua New Guinea
Medium:Wood, Textile
Place of origin:Papua New Guinea
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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